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March 14, 2024

Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital

The Somali Islamist terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed credit for a Mogadishu hotel attack which breached the security perimeter; hotel is popular with government officials.

March 14, 2024

Gang leader ‘Barbecue’ threatens politicians involved in transition council as Kenya pauses police deployment

Kenya announced it is pausing a deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation cripples under weeks of gang violence and social unrest.

March 14, 2024

Large swaths of Africa without internet amid critical infrastructure failure

Major internet outages were reported Thursday in a dozen African countries, following the apparent failure of several undersea telecommunication cables.

March 13, 2024

Self-styled 'prophet' arrested in Zimbabwe; 16 graves, 251 child laborers found on property

Zimbabwean police have arrested a self-described prophet at a compound where 16 unregistered graves and over 250 child laborers were found.

March 13, 2024

At least 250,000 displaced as conflicts rage on in the Congo

At least 250,000 people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the last month, largely because of escalating conflicts.

March 13, 2024

EU tracking Bangladeshi ship hijacked off Somalia's coast

The European Union is tracking a Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship whose 23 crewmembers were taken hostage this week by pirates off Somalia's coast.

March 13, 2024

Drought threatens Zimbabwe's tobacco crop a year after record harvest

Farmers in Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, are predicting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change.

March 13, 2024

3 monks killed in South African monastery attack, Coptic Orthodox Church says

Three monks from Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed on Tuesday in an attack at a monastery in South Africa. The motive for the attack is unknown.

March 12, 2024

7 dead, 38 rescued in migrant boat off Spain's Canary Islands

Two bodies were found in a migrant boat off the coast of Gran Canaria, with the 38 survivors still aboard reporting the deaths of five others who were put overboard.

March 12, 2024

UK reports suspected pirate hijacking off Somali coast

Several individuals boarded and seized control of a vessel nearly 700 miles off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation reported Tuesday.